AGILE: ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES, ENABLERS, AND BARRIERS
Pearl Lutwama, Mihlali Dlulane, Thiveshan Pillay, Ferdinand Senam Hassan, Schalk Grobbelaar · The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering · 2024
This scoping review provides an expanded view of the Agile methodology in the software industry - an iterative, incremental project management framework that is renowned for its use in software development. Research questions covering the advantages, disadvantages, enablers, and barriers to Agile were formulated to analyse accepted research papers from 2019 to 2023. Notable overlapping findings were found in the 25 studies that were included. The results revealed that human factors such as communication, conflict resolution, and understanding Agile are essential to the successful implementation of Agile software development.